Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu/Getty Images The front-line doctors and nurse practitioners at the District’s largest community health center say widespread staff shortages and safety concerns at clinics across the city, including the jail, have forced dozens to quit, putting...
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Unionized Health Care Workers at DC Homeless Shelters File Unfair Labor Charge
Two months after collective bargaining began between Unity Health Care (UHC) and its unionized providers, the organization representing the providers’ union has filed an unfair labor charge against UHC for failing to bargain in good faith, retaliating and silencing...
Clinician Union Sounds Alarm on Working Conditions at Unity Health
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) along with physicians and advanced practice providers at Unity Health Care in Washington, D.C., held a press briefing on Tuesday calling for improvements in working conditions at the federally qualified health...
UAPD Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Unity Health Care
Washington, D.C., April 25, 2024 — The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) has filed unfair labor practice charges against Unity Health Care, Washington, D.C.'s largest Federally Qualified Health Center. UAPD filed the charges with the National Labor...
Health Care Workers at DC Homeless Shelters Begin Contract Negotiations 5 months After Voting to Unionize
Unity Health Care (UHC) physicians and advanced practice providers, represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, have begun contract negotiations with UHC after unionizing five months ago. Unity Health Care was founded in 1985 as the Health Care...
Unity Health Care Providers Announce Start of Contract Negotiations
Physicians and advanced practice providers employed at Unity Health Care (UHC) who are represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) will begin collective bargaining for their first union contract with UHC management on Wednesday, March 13, 2024....